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WillowTheWhisp 02-07-2007 06:52
M6 closed due to fire
 
Just heard on the radio that there is a massive fire at a chemical waste plant near Preston and the M6 is closed between junctions 31a and 32.

Police are syphoning people off the motorway and have advised locals to stay indoors. The reporter said that flames were shooting hundreds of feet into the air and barrels of chemicals were exploding. A school in the area is closed for today and motorists are being advised to stay away.

lancscat 02-07-2007 08:22
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
heard that too willow,doesnt sound good does it?hope they clear traffic soon and it safe for surrounding people to go out again:)

c(''')m 02-07-2007 08:27
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
Thanks for the tip! I've got to get to Poulton-Le-Fylde this morning, I will have to go through Ribchester now. Thanks again you have saved me sitting in traffic all morning!

WillowTheWhisp 02-07-2007 08:31
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
I do hope it's just a freak accident and has no connection with things like those car bombs but you can't help wondering can you? Maybe I'm just getting very cynical in my old age.

Glad to have helped you avoid getting stuck c(''')m. How do I pronounce that?

c(''')m 02-07-2007 08:39
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
lol, c(''')m = clippermaster

mez 02-07-2007 09:07
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
o sugar im off to southport with 2 teenagers & always go through preston now trying to find alternate route grrrrrrrrr

KIPAX 02-07-2007 09:38
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
mez i go down the m6 then the m fiftysummat

or end of m65 follow duel arriageways/bypass mostly signposted blackpool i think... then foolow the signs for euxton chorley which will then have signs to southport.. this is by far the most enjoyabe and scenic route.. better than through preston.

WillowTheWhisp 02-07-2007 09:40
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by KIPAX (Post 443157)
mez i go down the m6 then the m fiftysummat

or end of m65 follow duel arriageways/bypass mostly signposted blackpool i think... then foolow the signs for euxton chorley which will then have signs to southport.. this is by far the most enjoyabe and scenic route.. better than through preston.
I don't think you can get to the M fiftysummat at the moment.:(

KIPAX 02-07-2007 09:45
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
why not.. its in the opposite direction to the fire... your thinking to blackpool ..

WillowTheWhisp 02-07-2007 09:47
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
The chap on the radio may have been overdramatising then but he gave the impression that huge areas were a no go zone, like you couldn't get onto the M Fiftysummat from the M6 :) I haven't listened to it since I got up so it may have improved since then.

KIPAX 02-07-2007 09:53
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
willow the fire is towards preston and UP the M6 . To get to southport by moterway you go DOWN the M6 and its a different 50 summat that your talking about.. TRUST ME! :)

Lolly 02-07-2007 09:59
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
To go that way, your right Kipax, off the M65 (J1) onto the M6 southbound (M6 Junction 29) J31 & 32 are closed.Then keep going and then its the M58 (quietest motorway i've ever been on!!) when that ends theres 2 ways to go, to Liverpool (you're in Aintree) or Southport just follow the signs Mez!:D

cashman 02-07-2007 10:04
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
cheers willow, thats me with a change of plan.lol;)

KIPAX 02-07-2007 10:19
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
M6 now open again :) Just been on granada reports new..

lancsdave 02-07-2007 11:42
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
Just taken me 3 and quarter hours to get to work in Preston Centre.

Kipax was right that it Southport is the opposite direction BUT trying to get to the end of the M65 to go southbound on the M6 was a nightmare earlier because the traffic was backed up on the M65 for miles.

So'd law when I get near journey's end they open the motorway :mad:

WillowTheWhisp 02-07-2007 12:21
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by KIPAX (Post 443165)
willow the fire is towards preston and UP the M6 . To get to southport by moterway you go DOWN the M6 and its a different 50 summat that your talking about.. TRUST ME! :)
So it didn't affect traffic that way as a sort of knock on effect then? :o

Anyway good to hear it's all opened up again now. :)

mez 02-07-2007 19:26
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
thanks for the advice got to the end of the 65 (20mins in jam) went by lostock hall lovely journey beautiful scenary .........the sun was shining, arrived in southport went to the prince of wales hotel for their special offer lunch 3 courses for £6 each, then took the girls to pontins for the rest of the week ..................lo & behold the SEA WAS IN ........it really made my day .but then i thought of global warming & had that got anything to do with ithe sea being so near to the shore.



got back home about 6pm to overcast & rain ah well im home .

WillowTheWhisp 02-07-2007 19:35
Re: M6 closed due to fire
 
:D I think Southport has had the occasional tide from time to time long beefore global warming was ever thought of.


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